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Robert Downey, Jr. (1965-) has been starring in movies for over 30 years. His career has been one heck of a rollercoaster ride. The early part of his career, Downey appeared in the comedies Weird Science and Back to School. His performance in Less Than Zero, provided him the opportunity to star in big budget, high profile films like Air America and Soapdish. He received his first Oscar® nomination as Best Actor for the film Chaplin in 1992. Things began to fall apart after he appeared in the Oliver Stone film, Natural Born Killers. From 1996 through 2001, Downey was arrested numerous times on drug-related charges. After five years of substance abuse, arrest, rehab, and relapse, Robert Downey, Jr. was finally ready to work toward a full recovery from drugs. Throughout his career, Downey had never appeared in a blockbuster. All that changed when in 2008, Downey appeared as Tony Stark in Ironman. Since then he has become one of the most dependable box office stars working today.
His IMDb page shows 82 acting credits from 1970-2017. This page will rank 56 Robert Downey Jr. movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Robert Downey Jr. Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Robert Downey Jr. Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Robert Downey Jr.
1. Robert Downey Jr. has been nominated for two Oscars®. His first nomination was as Best Actor in 1992’s Chaplin and his most recent nomination was for Best Supporting Actor in 2008’s Tropic Thunder.
2. Robert Downey Jr. has been nominated for three Golden Globes®. He was nominated for Chaplin and Tropic Thunder. He won the Golden Globe® for Best Actor in 2009’s Sherlock Holmes.
3. Robert Downey Jr.’s first movie appearance was in 1970’s Pound. Pound was directed by his father, Robert Downey Sr., a director who mostly made underground films.
4. Robert Downey Jr. has been married twice. First first marriage was to Deborah Falconer from 1992-2004….they had one child, a son Indio Falconer Downey. He married Susan Levin in 2005 and they have two children.
5. Robert Downey Jr. either turned or was seriously considered for the following movies: Cry-Baby, Pretty In Pink, Say Anything, Wild Things, and Edward Scissorhands.
6. Robert Downey Jr. is the first regular cast member of Saturday Night Live to earn an Oscar® nomination. He won the nomination for Chaplin. Since his nomination Joan Cusack and Dan Aykroyd have joined that small group of performers.
7. Robert Downey Jr’s most famous role is in Iron Man. He has acted opposite 3 of the 4 most recent Batmans. He was in Game 6 with Michael Keaton, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Val Kilmer, and Good Night and Good Luck with George Clooney. I guess he does not like Christian Bale.
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Robert Downey Jr., is the # 76 most connected actor of the 1990’s.